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nigon

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Th. i. 224, 9.Þára wæs án twelf geára, óþer nigan geára, and se þridda seofan geára, Shrn. 58. 11. (2 a) with a multiple of ten :-- Ofer nigon and hundnigontig ryhtwísra, Past. 411, 13.

á

(adv.)
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á, <b> (ó);</b> adv.
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Wénst ðú ðæt hí á þe deórwyrþran seón, 14, 2; F. 44, 2: 27, 2; F. 98, 9. v. áwa

fón

(v.)

to takecatchto takearrestapprehendto getgainto getsufferexperienceto beginto beginto taketo set aboutundertaketo attackto begin atto take taketo set to work atdeal withreceiveacceptto taketo taketake possession ofto taketo takeundertaketo taketo take toallow ofto take toto take tojoin battleto join togetherto struggle with

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Seó wiht heaðoglemma féng deópra dolga, Rä. 57, 3. to begin Féhð seó weáláf synna bemǽnan, Wlfst. 133, 13. intrans. to begin Se circul féhð on Ianuario and þǽr eft geendað, Angl. viii. 300, 18. to take up a subject Ic wolde þæt wit féngen eft þider

a-teón

(v.)
Grammar
a-teón, ic -teó, ðú -týhst, he -týhþ, -tíhþ, -tíþ, pl. -teóþ; p. -teáh, pl. -tugon; pp. -togen [a from, out; teón to tow, draw] .

to draw out or awaypull outlead outpluckdrawabstrahereextrahereejicereeduceretrahereducereto treatusedispose ofemploytractareutiadhibereto draw to any placebetake oneself anywheregocomemake a journey or expeditionse reciperemeareproficisciirevenireiter facere

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Seó mæg ateón ǽlces cynnes áttor út of men which can draw poison of every kind out of man, Ors. 5, 13; Bos. 113, 33. Mid atogenum swurde evaginato gladio, Num. 22, 22.

Etna

(n.)
Grammar
Etna, indecl? Etne, Ætne, es; m.

Etna, the volcano of Sicily

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Nú manna gitsung is swá byrnende, swá ðæt fýr on ðaelig;re helle, seó is on ðam múnte ðe Ætne hátte now the covetousness of men is as burning as the fire in the hell, which is in the mountain that is called Etna, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 20.

Linked entries: Ætne Etne

LIM

(n.)
Grammar
LIM, es; n. (but it also occurs with adj. fem.:).

A limbjoint

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Ic geseó óðre ǽ on mínum leomum ... synne ǽ seó is on mínum limum, Bd. 1, 27; S. 497, 35-37. Leomum, Blickl. Homl. 33, 11: 167, 2. Leomum and leáfum with branches and leaves, Beo. Th. 194; B. 97. Hé ongan his limu þræstan, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 15.

Linked entry: leomu

mynster

(n.)
Grammar
mynster, es; n.

a monasterya place where a body of monks or of nuns resideda churchminster

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Man ágife ǽlce teóþunge tó ðam ealdan mynstre ( ad matrem ecclesiam ) ðe seó hýrnes tó hýrþ, L. Edg. i. l; Th. i. 262, 7. Ðæs mynstres mæssepreóst, i. 3; Th. i. 262, 25.

nægel

(n.)
Grammar
nægel, nægl, es; m.

the nail of a finger or toea nailpegan instrument for striking the strings of a harp

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Ðæt fýr eode andlang ðara nægla ðe seó studu mid gefæstnad wæs tó ðam wáge, Bd. 3, 17; S. 544, 31, col. 1. Mid næglum þurh-drífan ða hwítan honda, Exon. Th. 68, 27; Cri. 1110 : Rood Kmbl. 91; Kr. 46.

be-werian

(v.)

prohibitforbidto protectdefend

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Seó ǽ monig þing bewereð tó etanne multa lex manducare prohibeat, Bd. 1, 27. to restrain a person Ne bewere ne compescaris, Ps. Srt. 82, 2. Ic mé ne mihte bewerigean (cohibere), Bd. 5, 6 ; Sch. 576, 9. to restrain from, with prep.

dreógan

(v.)
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Seó gedrecednes and ꝥ geswinc and manna fyll and eác horsa þe eall Engla here dreáh, Chr. 1056; P. 186, 33. Þás ðing wé drugon quae res nos sollicitos tenuit, Nar. 13, 26. Ꝥ hié wíte drugon ut uterentur supplicio, 17, 2.

fægnian

(v.)

to rejoiceexultwelcome

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Ongan seó leó fægnian wið þæs ealdan weard, and hine mid his leoþum styrgendum grétte the lion came towards the old man fawning, and with its limbs quivering greeted him, Hml.

for-niman

to comprehendcarry offdo away withdefraudconsume

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Seó módor mid murcnunge wæs fornumen, Hml. S. 2, 105. Mid fyrhte fornumene, 3, 138: Hml. Th. ii. 382, 3. Mið costungum fornumena tormentis comprehensos, Mt. L. 4, 24. to comprehend Ðióstro hiá ne fornómon (compraehenderunt), Jn. L.

Linked entry: for-nǽman

ge-hálgian

(v.)
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Forlét se cyng þá hlǽfdian, seó wæs gehálgod him tó cwéne, 1048; P. 176, 7. Agustinus wæs gehálgod ærcebisceop Augustinus archiepiscopus ordinatus est, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 60, 10. Mid þǽm mannum þe beóþ Críste tó brýdum gehálgode, Bl. H. 61, 15.

ge-timbran

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Ic wolde eów áne race gereccan, seó mæig eówer mód getimbrian, gif gé mid gýmene hí gehýran wyllað, Hml. Th. i. 412, 36. [Goth. ga-timrjan: O. H. Ger. ge-zimbrón constituere, aedificare

ge-wemman

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Heora yrmð áfeormað þæt þæt seó gehwǽde oferflówendnys gewemð, Hml. Th. i. 332, 14. Hié gewemmað ðone áliéfdan gesinscipe mid ðǽre unliéfedan gemengnesse pulchram copulae speciem admixtis voluptatibus foedant, Past. 397, 13.

weccan

(v.)
Grammar
weccan, p. weahtewehteweahte, wehte; pp. weaht, weht

To wake, waken. to rouse from sleep to rouse to rouseto enliven, stimulate, refresh to rouseto excite, stir upto raise what is depressed to give life to, to cause, give rise to, produce, raise

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Seó wæs wætrum weaht and wæstmum þeaht, Cd. Th. 115, 19; Gen. 1922. to rouse from repose, to excite, stir up Se kok, ǽr ðam ðe hé cráwan wille, hefð up his fiðru, and wecð hine selfne, Past. 64; Swt. 461, 14.

on-týnan

(v.)

to openof places or things,to make an opening into open, allow to burst forthto open so as to admit of ingress or egressto open (a door)to open the mouth, lips, to speakto open the eyes (one's own), to look, (another's), to give sight toto open the ears, to listen to a personto disclose, reveal, display

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to open. of places or things, to make an opening in Seó eorþe hié ontýnde and hió forswealh ðæt wæter, Blickl.

tó-stencan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-stencan, p -stencte; pp. -stenced, -stenct.

to scatter the parts of a wholedisperse a number of objects gathered togetherto destroy the integrity of a wholedissipatebring to noughtoverthrow

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Ofermódignyss seó ðe englas cúþe beswícan, micele má menn tóstencean (dissipare), Scint. 83, 13.

hund

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Eahta hund and feówertigum feórum, Gen. 1161. where the lesser numeral precedes Seofon winter ond eahta hund, Gen. 1140

biddan

to askto askto pray to

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Hí bǽdan ꝥ óþer seonað wǽre, Bd. 2, 2 ; Sch. 115, 22. to ask something of a person, with gen. of thing ꝥ hí witon hwæs hí biddað æt Gode, Hml. S. 12, 266.